My take is that there probably isn’t any reasonable way to upgrade the interchange that doesn’t also involve a new interchange at Crabtree Valley Avenue. So we should work to minimize the impacts to Ridge Road, not categorically eliminate them.
Overall concept is that the Crabtree Valley Avenue interchange handles all traffic bound for destinations east of Creedmoor (Mall, Blue Ridge, Lead Mine, North Hills Dr) while the Glenwood Avenue interchange handles traffic bound for places from Creedmoor Road and west.
- Crabtree Valley Ave gets extended to Glenwood (and into Grubb’s Glenwood Place development)
- Blue Ridge Road gets a grade separation over Glenwood (not an interchange - no direct access.)
- Creedmoor gets an interchange at Glenwood
- Glenwood becomes an expressway for 2 miles from the Beltine to Rembert/Fairhill